NEW FOREST NOLES AND CAPTURES, 1920. 45 
larve during the first week of June I saw a male flying, and a 
week later this sex was well out—possibly records for early 
appearances, and generally an omen of what is to follow. 
August and September were, on the whole, fine, but insects 
were too affected by previous wet weather to be abundant, almost 
everything being a month behind time, so that October really 
took the place of September, the latter month actually producing 
freshly-emerged species that would, in the ordinary course, have 
appeared in July. (See list of Tabanide.) 
I give here a list of my various captures arranged in their 
natural order, which, under the circumstances, is the most 
convenient : 
Hymenoptera aculeata: At the risk of being tedious I give 
these in full, recent records being much needed. It is a poor 
list, several families being entirely omitted through shortage of 
time and collecting weather, but, I think, better than none at 
all. Amongst the Bombide are some rather unaccountable 
blanks, certainly not due in their case to lack of observation. 
Aunts: I have done little with regard to naming these at 
present, not having sufficient types for a sure identification. 
Formica rufa was unpleasantly abundant at Rhinefield in May, 
beating the oaks briuging down hundreds at a time into the 
tray, the few lepidopterous larve that fell being at once seized 
upon. A pity the work of destruction was not done earlier to 
avoid extreme defoliation of the trees, but possibly even the ants 
in some years are outnumbered by the larve of such moths as 
H. defoliaria, Tortrix viridana, ete.! Larve of a species of 
Microdon (Diptera) were rather common in the nest of Lasius 
sp. ? (fuliginosus, without much doubt) at Aldridge Hill in July 
and August. 
Mutilla: Neither M. europea or M. rufipes were seen. 
Absence of the former scarce thing was perhaps to be expected, 
but I hoped to turn up the latter. Probably both occur. 
Pompilus plumbeus was not uncommon at Milford, and 
P. viaticus very abundant on banks by the side of enclosures, 
etc., but other members of the family were scarce. P. niger was 
tuken here and there from May to September, as also P. gibbus 
and P. pectinipes. I could not find P. wesmali. 
Salius fuscus (scarce at Setley), S. exaltata, S. parvulus, 
Cerophales maculata (Royden), Astatus boops (a few in a gravel- 
pit at Setley), Tachytes pectinipes. 
Trypoxylon: All the three species. Ammophila sabulosa : 
Extremely abundant from Juneto September. A ¢ taken at 
Park Hill in June measures only 10 mm. across wings! A. cam- 
pestris: Common locally, and evidently in some places out- 
numbers sabulosa, as in several dozen ‘‘ sand wasps ”’ collected 
for me all but two were this species. It is, of course, easily 
dentified by the petiolated second submarginal cell and strigose 
